No performance to slow performance

[Victor Kapas]

Before installing all the critical updates for Windows, I
was having the problem that my applications wouldn't
launch at all. The cursor would change briefly to the
hourglass, I noticed activity on my modem, then nothing.
Then I installed the updates. Applications still don't
launch. Reinstalled WinXP, reinstalled updates.
Applications now launch, but my system is now crawling. I
have an Athlon 650 BTW, with 640 MB RAM. I noticed in the
Task Manager that I have one service called svchost.exe
(system) using all available resources. Is that normal?
Thanks for any help.

Victor

[Gerry Cornell]

Victor

When did you reinstall the Windows updates?

You May Experience Performance Issues After You Install the 811493 =
(MS03-013) Package on Your Windows XP SP1-Based Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;819634

The original 811493 has been replaced with a revised version. On May 28, =
2003, Microsoft released a revised version of the 811493 security update =
for Windows XP SP1 to address this problem. Remove the old one and =
replace with the new one. You can remove through Add / Remove Programs =
-Start, Control Panel.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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"Victor Kapas" > wrote in message =
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> Before installing all the critical updates for Windows, I=20
> was having the problem that my applications wouldn't=20
> launch at all. The cursor would change briefly to the=20
> hourglass, I noticed activity on my modem, then nothing.=20
> Then I installed the updates. Applications still don't=20
> launch. Reinstalled WinXP, reinstalled updates.=20
> Applications now launch, but my system is now crawling. I=20
> have an Athlon 650 BTW, with 640 MB RAM. I noticed in the=20
> Task Manager that I have one service called svchost.exe=20
> (system) using all available resources. Is that normal?=20
> Thanks for any help.
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> Victor